Hinge



A. M. NICKOL AND C. T. SCHElN. HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 1

1,329,05-9, Patented Jan. 27, 1920.

INVENTORS WIATNESSES (2716 1 2156726272,.

ATTORDEY UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

ALPHONSE M. NICKOL AND CHARLES 'I. SCHEIN, OE BlXTESVILI JE, TNDIANA.

HINGE.

Application filed December 14, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALrHoNsE VI. NIcKoL and OHAnLns T. SGHEIN, citizens of the United States, residing at Batesville, in the county of Ripley and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinges, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to new and useful improvements in hinges and particularly of the type whereby the pivot structure of the hinge is embodied between two hinged sections, such as a door and its frame.

An important obj ect of our invention is to provide a device of the above mentioned character having its hinged structure sem1- circular in cross section whereby the same may be embodied in a circular recess bored between the two sections adapted to be pivotally joined.

Another object of our invention is to provide a device of the above mentioned character which is strong, durable, inexpensive to manufacture, and eflicient in practice.

Other objects and advantages will be heard during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings wherein like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a view showing the hinge adapted to two closed sections to be pivotally joined.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a view showing the hinge adapted to two sections, one of these sections being arranged at right angles to the other, and

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the invention attached to the two sections, one of said sections being swung at an angle to the other.

In the drawings wherein is shown a preferred example of our invention, the numeral 5 designates the usual door and 6 the frame to which the door is pivotally joined. Our hinge consists of a pair of elongated semi-circular plates 7, havin a pair of ears 8 formed upon the rear e ges of the plates adjacent the longitudinal edges thereof. These ears are provided with a perforation which are adapted to aline with each other and receive the pintle 9 which is upset upon each end as more clearly shown in Fig. 1. One semi-circular portion of the hinge is adapted to have its Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 27, 1920.

Serial No. 207,206.

longitudinal edges overlap the longitudinal edges of its co-acting' semi-circular member when the hinge is in a closed position. At the point equidistant between the longitudinal edges of these plates 7, openings 10 are provided to receive screws 11, the purpose of which will be hereinafter set forth.

The cars 12 are formed integral with each semi-circular portion at the end of the hinge opposite the pivot thereof, and are arranged intermediate the longitudinal edges of the plates 7. These ears 12 extend at right angles to the semicircular plates 7 and are provided with openings 13 to receive the screws 14. The numeral 15 designates the circular bore provided in the two sections on their longitudinal edges of the door 5 and the frame 6.

To install this hinge it is only necessary to place the door in a closed position against the door frame 6 and to bore as many openings 15 as is necessary between the door and frame to provide the circular openings 15. The curved plates 7 are then inserted in these openings so that the cars 12 lie in close engagement with the flat face of the door and frame. The screws 14 are then positioned in the door and frame so as to hold the ears 12 in their respective position. The door is then swung at right angles to the frame as more clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings so that the screws 11 may be passed through the openings 10 in the curved plates 7 and into the door and frame.

It will be seen that by providing a hinge of this character a great deal of time will be saved in mounting doors upon frames in that by using the old method a portion on the door and frame had to be chiseled out so as to provide recesses to receive the respective plates of the hinge, but with the hinge we provide, it is only necessary to bore the necessary number of openings between the door and frame so that a semi-circular recess is formed in both the door and the frame.

It is to be understood that the form of our invention herein shown and 'described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having described the invention, we claim:

A hinge adapted to fit in a cavity between two sections for -pivota11y connecting the "In testimony whereof We aflix our signasectlons comprlslng a pair of seml-clrcular tures 1n presence of two Witnesses.

(in cross section) plates pivoted together at ALPHONSE M. NICKOL their innermost ends, said'plates adapted to CHARLES T. SCHEIN,

5 lie in overlapped relation when in a closed \Vinesses:

position, and means for securing the hinge Jon WINTZ,

to the two sections. M. F. BORLAND. 

